Rugby team to the rescue after car ends up in ditch

Following the incident, the team went on to win 20-4 against Rochdale Hornets, progressing to the third round of the Women's Challenge Cup.

"It is about winning the game, but there was a bigger picture that played that day, and it certainly wasn't the game of rugby league," said Grayburn.

"On the way home we reflected [on it], and we were reflecting [on it] again at the next training session - just about what the girls have gone through and what they've done.

The club's been very supportive with that as well."

A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We received an emergency call just before 9am on Sunday morning to report a collision on the M62 near Howden.

"Two ambulances were dispatched to the scene and two patients were conveyed to Hull Royal Infirmary."